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Post by Coos Bay Inspector on Jun 3, 2018 18:57:14 GMT
Who would allow harvesting shellfish near this site? To make matters worse they never did the follow up testing for 10 years. You can't trust the State of Oregon and it looks like Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is more concerned about selling clamming permits than posting a 25 dollar sign warning people. I have concluded not posting these old superfund sites was done on purpose with a total disregard for public safety. This all happened right under the nose Charleston ODFW field office that has a paid shellfish biologist on staff. I wonder what else ODFW is hiding?
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Post by south on Jun 3, 2018 22:54:52 GMT
They should get rid of shellfish biologist if this is true.
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Post by Chuck Erickson on Jun 8, 2018 15:07:16 GMT
Dear ODFW Commission members and Director Melcher,
1. Why in the world would the ODFW managers and the shellfish biologist at the Charleston Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife field office not be warning people who are digging shellfish in the South Slough Superfund Cleanup site?
2. Can you explain why ODFW personnel would tell people that Coos Bay is the cleanest bay in Oregon when it clearly is not?
3. Can you explain why ODFW shellfish biologist and ODFW managers did not warn people that the required EPA followup testing was never done for over 10 years at the South Slough Superfund site?
4. Is this kind behavior by employees at the Charleston Field Office acceptable to the Director Kurt Melcher?
5. What about the Commission members, is this how you want Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife doing business?
6. What about the tourist, Native Americans and children who are unaware they are collecting shellfish from a Superfund site that was never tested properly for over a decade?
This misconduct is not acceptable in my opinion. I would like to file a complaint regarding this issue with ODFW headquarters.
Is ODFW claiming they cannot afford a warning sign? If the managers and shellfish biologist at Charleston Field Office cannot do their job correctly they need to be replaced with someone who can do the job. Maybe it's time to fire some people so this never happens again.
My Oregon Native American Grandson Ethan Buirch was one of the people eating these shellfish.
Looking forward to your attention to this matter.
Chuck Erickson
Coos Bay
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